Plant-Based Nutrition: A Potent (and Timely) Tool to Tackle Chronic Disease

Sunday, October 9

1:30 PM – 3:00 PM (Eastern Time)

Location: W415ABC (Valencia)

CE: 1.5

Level 2 (intermediate knowledge/experience)

Activity Code: 170555

Course Tracks: Medical Nutrition Therapy

Description

How do you promote nutritional intervention that combines healthful benefits with preventative effects against chronic diseases that American adults encounter – conditions like diabetes, heart disease, hypertension, cancer, obesity, and chronic kidney disease – while maintaining patient quality of life allowing patients the autonomy for decision-making? During this dual lecture and panel discussion style presentation with two plant-based dietitians, RDN and MD team members will analyze the increasingly growing literature of plant-based nutrition and its role in the prevention of chronic diseases; demonstrate how a plant-based approach is utilized in a disease such as chronic kidney disease, which is directly impacted by diabetes and hypertension; and examine where healthcare providers struggle with potassium homeostasis and strategize using a patient-centered approach to incorporate change.

Planned with the Vegetarian Nutrition Dietetic Practice Group

Learning Objectives:

Evaluate and interpret the currently available evidence on plant-based eating patterns for the prevention and treatment of nutrition-related chronic diseases
Implement plant-based nutrition to make the greatest dietary impact on chronic disease status while optimizing biochemical parameters and quality of life
Strategize the use of change management using quality resources that amplify patient education and adherence during medical nutrition therapy while expanding competencies

Performance Indicators:

4.1.2 Interprets and integrates evidence-based research and literature in decision-making.
6.2.3 Analyzes and interprets data to form valid conclusions and to make recommendations.
9.6.2 Applies a variety of counseling theories, psychological methods and strategies that empower clients/patients to make changes.